                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LOCAL LIMITATIONS AS TO NUMBER OF PAWNSHOPS (§ 54.1-4002)

A. In addition to all limitations and restrictions and notwithstanding any other
relevant provisions of this chapter, the governing body of any county, city or
town may reasonably limit by resolution or ordinance the number of pawnshops
that may be operated at any one time within its territorial limits.

B. The circuit court of any county or city which has, by resolution or
ordinance, limited the number of pawnshops therein shall not authorize any
license to any pawnbroker after the commissioner of the revenue or other tax
assessing officer of the county, city or town over which it has jurisdiction for
the issuance of such licenses has filed with the court a statement that the
number of licensed pawnshops within the county, city or town has reached the
maximum number of pawnshops authorized to be operated therein, unless the number
has been reduced below the maximum prescribed. In the event that a properly
licensed pawnbroker sells his business, the circuit court of the county or city
shall authorize the county, city or town in which such business operates to
issue to the purchaser a new license for the same location if the purchaser has
not been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude in the last
ten years. Prior to the issuance of the license, the purchaser shall furnish his
date of birth and such other information to the licensing authority as may be
required by the local governing body.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 54-843; 1982, c. 633; 1988, c. 765; 1998, c. 848.